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Starting in late 2024, Plant Chicago engaged staff, board members, market participants, and community partners in a collaborative process to shape the organization’s 2025–2028 Strategic Plan. Guided by a Strategic Planning Committee (SPC) composed of staff and board representatives and facilitated in partnership with Najera Consulting Group, the process was designed to ensure that the plan reflects the voices and lived experiences of those most connected to Plant Chicago’s mi

The real chaos begins The past three months have been marked by a fair amount of chaos. While most of the construction has been taking place in our Indoor Victory Garden (IVG) next door, the deconstruction has begun in our historic engine hall of the firehouse. In order to make space for our new ADA bathroom, contractors took down a wall and cut through thick concrete to make space for plumbing. Portions of the historic tin ceiling were carefully removed in order to be able t

We broke ground! Or did we? While most construction projects begin with a groundbreaking ceremony, ours began deconstructing a drywall. In the interest of minimizing our waste, we wanted a creative way to ceremoniously welcome this new phase of our building and Toro Construction was happy to support! We worked with them to unmount a drywall that will later be reused in a part of the renovation. We use this ceremony as a reminder that is "breaking" something is always easier t